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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| A2441.4 | Cause of movement of reptile, etc. |
| A2441.1.8 | Cause of ox's walk. Dh III 227. |
| A2402.1 | Cause of serpent's ugliness. (See A2286.0.1.) |
| A2441.1.12 | Cause of sheep's walk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2441.1.6 | Cause of skunk's walk. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 360 No. 12. |
| A1142.6 | Cause of thunder: sounds of the horses' hoofs as gods play ball. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2441.4.3 | Cause of toad's hop. Dh III 222. |
| A2441.1.5 | Cause of wolverine's walk. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 248. |
| A737 | Causes of eclipses (sun or moon). *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens II 1511; Penzer II 81f.—Estonian: Loortis Grundzüge I 153, 410ff.; Icel.: De la Saussaye 344; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 11 No. 4; Hindu: Keith 137, 151, 192, 232f.; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Montagnais: Alexander N. Am. 25; Mataguaya (Pampean): Alexander Lat. Am. 319. |
| A1137 | Causes of hot weather: God bores hole in hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A755 | Causes of moon's phases. Irish: Beal XXI 323; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 183; Baltic: (Lithuanian and Lettish): Gray 320; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 422f.; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 34 No 4; Hindu: Oldenberg Religion des Veda 171; Yakuts: Holmberg Siberian 424; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Maori: Dixon 88.—African: Werner African 227f. (Ekoi): Talbot 349, (Fang): Trilles 172. |
| A1157 | Causes of seasons—deities push sun back and forth at solstices. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119. |
| A1031 | Causes of world-fire. |
| A1414.7.3 | Cave as repository of fire. Marquesas: Handy 103. |
| A1122 | Cave of winds. Winds originally confined in caves.—Roman: Virgil Aeneid I lines 52 ff.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 457.—Maori: Dixon 55; Western Mono: Gifford JAFL XXXVI 328 No. 9. |
| A2426.2.6 | Cawing of crow. Dh III 126, 257, 357, 369, 371, 372.—Finnish: Aarne FFC IX 7 No. 39; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 223; Australian: Dixon 292. |
| A702.3.1 | Celestial bodies attached to a wheel in heaven around which they move. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A977.5.1 | Certain stones are cheeses transformed by saint. (Cf. A974.) —Irish myth: Cross. |
| A974.1 | Certain stones are druids transformed by power of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A989.3 | Certain stones are druids' (saints') seats (chairs). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A974.2 | Certain stones are transformed giants. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A661.0.3 | Chairs in heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2223.8 | Chameleon saves hero's life: may change color. Fang: Einstein 96. |
| A145 | Champions of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1310.1 | Change in bodily form at fall of man. Adam's body was formerly horn-like. (Cf. A1281.1.)—Dh I 225.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3035, Balys Legends Nos. 34, 45—49. |
| A1281.2.1 | Change of animal and human skin in ancient times. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A850 | Changes in the earth. |
| A102 | Characteristics of deity. |
| A1641 | Characteristics of tribal subdivisions. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 216; Laguna and Zuсi: Parsons JAFL XXXI 263. |
| A1680 | Characteristics of various peoples—in habits. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1670 | Characteristics of various peoples—in industry and warfare. |
| A1660 | Characteristics of various peoples—in personal appearance. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 153, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 234 ff. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A761.2 | Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.3.1 | Chariot of fire drawn by four steeds of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A724.1.2 | Chariot of sun accompanied by angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A156.5 | Chariot of the gods. Virgil Aeneid X line 635; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 77, 916. |
| A724 | Chariot of the sun. *Helm Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte I 178, 256; Cook Zeus I 205ff.—Greek: Fox 243, cf. A722.1., Grote I 313; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 198; Babylonian: Spence 236; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A724.1 | Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky.—Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 114ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 196; Greek: Fox 243; Hindu: Penzer I 143 n. 2, II 150ff. |
| A672.1.1 | Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx. Greek: Fox 142; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A972.5.2 | Chasms between rocks mark "leaps" of giants, heroes, etc. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A878.3.3 | Chattering squirrel in the earth-tree. Holmberg Baum 67ff. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 332ff., Boberg. |
| A741.2 | Chest of sacrificed youth becomes the moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A112.11 | Child born from union of God with hen. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 130. |
| A736.5.2 | Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A736.5 | Children of the sun. Tonga: Gifford 115. |
| A802 | China first land to appear in our world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2217.2 | Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.) —Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 111 No. 13, 422 No. 78, Curtin Seneca 437, 505. |
| A2738 | Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.)—Dh II 174ff. |
| A694.1 | Christian paradise (Terra Repromissionis) corresponding to pagan Celtic otherworld (Ireland). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A694 | Christian paradise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A151.5 | City of gods (God). Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 329; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 290, II 961, 1195. |
| A412 | City-gods. Chinese: Werner 403, Eberhard FFC CXX 42, 67. |
| A963.9 | Clay soil dropped from sky to form hill. Tonga: Gifford 39. |
| A661.0.4 | Cleansing fountain in heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A968.2 | Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff.—*Crane Vitry 220f. No. 214; Ward Cat. Romances III 17; U.S.: Baughman.—Common among the North American Indians. |
| A968.1 | Cliffs become hard. Were formerly soft but become hard by God's order. (Cf. A975.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 3 No. 3; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 139 No. 2. |
| A941.5.6 | Cloth from goddess, when spread by holy man over a spot, causes water to spring from earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A158 | Clothing of gods. Eskimo: Holm 73; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A969.2 | Cloud on lofty male mountain induced by a beautiful female mountain to bow to her feet: hence their present shape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A283.1 | Cloud-angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A283 | Cloud-god. Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 234; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1133.4 | Clouds as God's shield. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A702.7 | Clouds as props of the sky. Maori: Clark 18. |
| A1133.3 | Clouds as smoke rising to sky. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 26f. |
| A705.1.2 | Clouds as tapa beaten out by woman in moon. Samoa: Clark 120. |
| A2250.1 | Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 83*; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 49. |
| A165.2.2.1 | Cock as ambassador of god. Fjort: Dennett 105 No. 29. |
| A661.1.0.5 | Cock in Valhalla awakens the gods. Icel: Boberg. |
| A673.2 | Cock of hell. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A132.6.3 | Cock-god. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119. |
| A2611.3 | Coconut tree from head of slain monster. Oceanic (Samoa, Union Group, Mangaia, Tahiti): Dixon 55; (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 104, (Solomon Is.): ibid. 104, (Papua): Ker 92, (Tuamotu): Beckwith Myth 103. |
| A1616.1 | Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 63. |
| A671.3.1 | Coldness in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2332.5 | Color of animal's eyes. Dh III 60f. |
| A2411.1.5.2 | Color of baboon. |
| A2751.4 | Color of bark of plant. |
| A2411.1.4.2 | Color of beaver. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.2.1.9 | Color of blackbird. (See A2218)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.4.3 | Color of burbot. (See A2218.)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.2.1.14 | Color of canary. Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94b. |
| A2411.1.3 | Color of canidae and other carnivora. |
| A2411.5.6 | Color of chameleon. |
| A2411.2.5.1 | Color of cormorant. (See A2218.)—Dh III 77. |
| A2411.1.6.4 | Color of cow. Dh I 188—191, III 86.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.1.3.2 | Color of coyote. (See A2218.)—Dh III 79. |
| A2411.2.1.6 | Color of crow. (See A2219.1)—Dh III 59, 65f.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 262; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 87 No. 90a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "corbeaux".—Japanese: Ikeda; Thompson River: Teit JAFL XXIX 329; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 58. |
| A2411.2.6.10 | Color of cuckoo. Type 235; Dh III 140.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 17 No. 94; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.1.6.5 | Color of deer. (See A2218.)—Dh III 79, 88. |
| A2411.2.6.4 | Color of duck. Eskimo (Alaska): Jenness 71. |
| A2411.1.6.6 | Color of elk. Dh III 88. |
| A2411.1.2.2 | Color of ermine. Loucheux: Barbeau JAFL XXVIII 257. |
| A2411.1.3.1 | Color of fox. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 64, 66. |
| A2411.5.2 | Color of frog. Dh III 63, 89. |
| A2411.2.1.12 | Color of goldfinch. Dh. III 185.—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94c. |
| A2411.2.6.3 | Color of goose. Dh III 89. |
| A2411.2.6.6 | Color of guinea-fowl. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 67.—Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 193 No. 33; Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 226. |
| A2411.2.5.4 | Color of gull. Eskimo (Alaska): Jenness 71. |
| A2411.4.1 | Color of halibut. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 67.—Tsimshian: Boas RBAE XXVII 58ff. |
| A2411.1.4.4 | Color of hare. |
| A2411.2.5.2 | Color of heron. (See A2218.)—Dh III 82. |
| A2411.1.6.2 | Color of hippopotamus. (See A2247.3.) |
| A2411.1.6.1 | Color of horse. Dh III 86. |
| A2411.1.1.2 | Color of jaguar. Dh III 62. |
| A2411.2.1.8 | Color of jay. Dh III 86. |
| A2411.1.1.1 | Color of leopard. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 69. |
| A2411.2.6.1 | Color of loon. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 69—71. |
| A2411.2.1.10 | Color of magpie. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.2.1.17 | Color of martin. Eskimo (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 146. |
| A2411.1.2.5 | Color of mink. Singed by sun. (See A2218).—Dh III 84. |
| A2411.1.5.1 | Color of monkey. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.5.4 | Color of mussel. Dh III 90. |
| A2411.1.2.3 | Color of otter. Dh III 64. |
| A2411.2.4.2 | Color of owl. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220. |
| A2411.2.6.11 | Color of parrot. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 70.—India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 234. |
| A2411.2.6.8 | Color of partridge. (See A2218, A2219.1.)—Dh III 62, 75.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 261; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.6.7 | Color of peacock. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.4.2 | Color of perch. (See A2218.)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.2.6.9 | Color of pheasant. Dh III 62. |
| A2772 | Color of plants. |
| A2411.1.4.3 | Color of rat. Dh III 91.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.1.5 | Color of raven. (See A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1).—Dh III 59, 63, 65, 143.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 15 n. i; Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 16 No. 90, XXXIII 54 No. 90; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 160, (Alaska): Jenness 71, (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 146, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 174, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 641; N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 203, (Upper Thompson): Teit JAFL XXIX 329. |
| A2411.2.1.13 | Color of red-bird. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.5 | Color of reptiles and other animal forms. |
| A2411.1.6.7 | Color of rhinoceros. (See A2247.3.) |
| A2411.2.1.7 | Color of rook. (See A2218)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.5.7 | Color of shrimp. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 234. |
| A2411.1.2.4 | Color of skunk. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.5.3 | Color of snail. (See A2218.)—Dh III 85. |
| A2411.2.1.11 | Color of sparrow. (See A2218)—Dh III 75.—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2411.3.2 | Color of spider. (See A2221.2.3.) |
| A2411.1.4.1 | Color of squirrel. (See A2218.)—Dh III 76f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.1.16 | Color of starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.5.3 | Color of stork. Dh III 59. |
| A2411.2.1.4 | Color of swallow. (See A2218, A2219.1, A2221.2.4.1.)—Dh III 64, 75, (Cf. III 58).—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2411.2.6.2 | Color of swan. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.2.1.1 | Color of thrush. (See A2222.1, A2218).—Dh III 76. |
| A2411.2.1.15 | Color of trumpet-bird (psophia crepitans). (See A2218)—Dh III 82. |
| A2411.2.6.5 | Color of turkey. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 70. |
| A2411.5.1 | Color of turtle. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.2.1.3 | Color of wag-tail. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 262. |
| A2411.2.1.2 | Color of water-ousel. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.2.3.1 | Color of woodcock. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.2.4.1 | Color of woodpecker. See A2219.1; Dh III 70, 89. |
| A1129.1 | Colors of winds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A162.2 | Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean. Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian and Egyptian: Müller 104; cf. Chinese: Werner 215. |
| A162.3 | Combat between thundergod and devil. (cf. A157.1, A189.1.1, A284, A285). *Balys "Donner und Teufel in den Volkserzählungen der baltischen und skandinavischen Völker" Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 1—220. |
| A513 | Coming of culture hero (demigod). |
| A1541.1.2 | Communion feast to placate dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A759 | Condition and nature of the moon—miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled. |
| A1281 | Condition of first man (woman). |
| A311 | Conductor of the dead. Greek: Farnell Cults of the Greek States V 15ff.; Egyptian: Müller 111. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 110. |
| A102.19 | Conflict between God's justice and mercy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A50 | Conflict of good and evil creators. *Dh I 1—89 passim, 172ff.—Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 261f., 275.—Banks Island: Dixon 106. |
| A162 | Conflicts of the gods. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 1, 3, 8; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 26ff., 172; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 356, 411; Hindu: Penzer I 197ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 225; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 318, 1104.—Gaster Thespis 115ff., 125. |
| A1333.1 | Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1333 | Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages.—*Frazer Old Testament I 384ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross.—India: Thompson-Balys; Chin (Indo-China): Scott 266f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 365.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 285 n. 53; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 132. |
| A736.11 | Contest between sun and moon. Chinese: Eberhard 219. |
| A163 | Contests among the gods. |
| A1065 | Continuous drought at end of world. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 736; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171. |
| A1040 | Continuous winter destroys the race. Spoken of as "Fimbulwinter". It ushers in the end of the world.—*Olrik Ragnarök 479; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Persian: Carnoy 309.—S. Am. Indian (Toba, Pilagá, Tierra del Fuego): Métraux MAFLS XL 30, 37, (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CLXIII (1) 367. |
| A1046 | Continuous world-eclipse. India: Thompson-Balys.—S. Am. Indian (Toba, Mocovi, Mataco, Choroti): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Tupinamba): Métraux ibid. (3) 131, (Guarani): Métraux MAFLS XL 33. |
| A951.3 | Contours of land caused by occult hero driving harrow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A951 | Contours of land caused by plowing of goddess. (Cf. A901.)—*Olrik in Danske Studier (1910) 1ff.; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 181; Danish: De la Saussaye 280. |
| A951.2 | Contours of land caused by rooting of swine. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2496.2 | Copulation of serpents. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2611.1 | Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.)—Babylonian: Spence 140; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 293 n. 77; S. Am. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 292; Yunca (Peru): ibid. 225, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360, (Brazil): Oberg 108; (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473. |
| A433.1 | Corn-god (goddess). *Frazer Golden Bough VII passim; Gaster Thespis 373.—Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 241; Greek: Fox 226; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 231 No. 177.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 75; Zuсi: Alexander N. Am. 188; Pawnee: ibid. 81, 92; Arikara: ibid. 107. |
| A641 | Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg.—Lang Myth. I 252; Dh I 19.—Finnish: Kalevala rune 1; Esthonian: Eisen Estnische Mythologie 170, Loorits Grundzüge I 447f.; Hindu: Keith 74; Society Is., Hawaiian, Maori: Dixon 20; Hawaii: Henry 345.—African: Frobenius Atlantis X 119. |
| A1346.2.1 | Cotton at first already spun into threads. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A751.6 | Cotton tree and nettles on moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2721.2.1.3 | Cottonwood cursed for serving as cross. U.S.: Baughman. |
| A167.1 | Council of the gods. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1416 | Country ridded of ogres and made peaceful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1610.2 | Couples placed to establish tribes. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 54, 92, 94, 98. |
| A185.9 | Covenant between God and mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A13.1.1 | Cow as creator. *Schröder Altgermanische Kulturprobleme 132; *Güntert Weltkönig 365ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 63, 324. |
| A132.9.1 | Cow as god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2219.2 | Cow swallows book; cause of maniplies in stomach. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| A522.1.3 | Coyote as culture hero. N. Am. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 141ff., 298 n. 48. |
| A61 | Coyote as marplot at creation. *Thompson Tales 285 n. 52. |
| A2218.4 | Coyote burnt when hay is set afire: hence yellow patch behind his ears. Salinan: Mason U. Cal. XIV 88, cf. 107. |
| A2284.5 | Coyote persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg. (Cf. A2371.2.6.)—Dh III 46. |
| A724.1.0.1 | Coyote rides with sun. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 85. |
| A2301.3 | Coyote's body made larger. (See A2213.3.)—Dh III 3. |
| A2213.4.1 | Coyote's muzzle pulled out long. (Cf. A2335.4.4.)—Dh III |
| A2231.10 | Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.)—Fjort: Dennett 123. |
| A2214.4 | Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2231.2.1 | Crane will not weep at crucifixion: must suffer thirst in August and break bills. Is the only bird who will not weep. (Cf. A2234.1, A2435.4.2.) —Köhler-Bolte I 3. |
| A2171.1.1 | Crayfish from devil's fleas shaken off in water. (Cf. A1710.) —Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 151 No. 73. |
| A106.3 | Created beings rebel against God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A760 | Creation and condition of the stars. *Normann Mythen der Sterne (Gotha 1925) 75ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325—26; Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Spence 79; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266; Maori: Clark 16; S. Am. Indian (Jivaro): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 148. |
| A832 | Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth.—*Dh I 35; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A613 | Creation from creator's tears. Dh I 31f. |
| A641.2 | Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts.—Finnish: Kalevala rune 1. |
| A621.1 | Creation from vapor-produced primeval giant. Vapors from half-frozen primeval river origin of giant Ymir, from whom universe is created.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 327ff. |
| A1295 | Creation in covered vessel. Men (or animals) created in a basket or from a bundle, or from under a blanket.—N. A Ind.: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A2286.1 | Creation interrupted since God must go to a fire. |
| A85 | Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A50.1 | Creation of angels and devils. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A52 | Creation of angels. |
| A1731 | Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 89 No. 16. |
| A1733 | Creation of animals as punishment for incest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1730 | Creation of animals as punishment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1702 | Creation of animals by creator. (Cf. A0.)—Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1701 | Creation of animals by God. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1770 | Creation of animals from unusual primeval mating. S. Am. Indian (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359. |
| A1710 | Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887).—India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 79, 96, 122f. No. 82; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 98. |
| A1732 | Creation of animals to take revenge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1790 | Creation of animals—other motifs. |
| A1700 | Creation of animals. (Cf. Chapter B, Animals.) Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 162; Ekoi: Talbot 149. |
| A2011.1 | Creation of ant by devil. *Fb "myre". India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23 (cf. A2001). |
| A2011.2 | Creation of ant: avaricious man transformed. (Cf. A1715, A1730.)—Dh IV 272f.—Wienert FFC LVI 79 (ET 450), 134 (ST 395); Halm Aesop 294. |
| A2011 | Creation of ant. *Fb "myre" (cf. A2001); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1896 | Creation of anteater. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1862 | Creation of ape. Dh I 156ff. (Cf. A1755); ibid. I 164 (Cf. A1751); ibid. II 100 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 74; Palestine: Schmidt-Kahle Volkserzählungen aus Palestina I No. 59; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 121f. 411 s.v. "Affen entstehen"; Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 38. |
| A1897 | Creation of armadillo. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1882.1 | Creation of ass: proud horse. (Cf. A1730.) Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86. No. 58a. |
| A1882 | Creation of ass. (cf. A1751.) Dh I 164.—Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1863 | Creation of baboon. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 349 No. 4; Zulu: Callaway 178 (transformed men, cf. A1710). |
| A1895 | Creation of bat. Dh I 155f. (Cf. A1755), ibid. III 268 (Cf. A1710.) —Finnish. Aarne FFC VIII 16 No. 84 (Cf. A1751), ibid. 15 No. 81; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 45; Flemish: DeMeyer XXXVII 86 No. 81; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1836 | Creation of bear. Dh II 99 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 41; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3112; Legends Nos. 175, 216ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 370, Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 171, (West Hudson Bay): Boas ibid. 307, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 172. |
| A2012.1 | Creation of bee to provide wax for candles in church. (Cf. B259.4.)—*Dh II 129ff. |
| A2012 | Creation of bee. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2021 | Creation of beetle. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 39 No. 63. |
| A1900 | Creation of birds. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 46; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 123 No. 83; 127; Maori: Clark 15; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 29, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1878 | Creation of bison (buffalo). Cheyenne: Alexander N. Am. 127; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1965 | Creation of bittern. Maori: Clark 101. |
| A1924 | Creation of blackbird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2052 | Creation of bugs. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 71. |
| A2041 | Creation of butterfly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1873 | Creation of camel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1830 | Creation of canidae and other carnivora. |
| A1876.1 | Creation of caribou. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 167, 306, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 80. |
| A1811.2 | Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. *Dh I 271ff. |
| A1811 | Creation of cat. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 71 (cf. A1715.4); Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 55, XXXIII 53 No. 55, Dh I 166, 273 (cf. A1751.); ibid. I 157 (cf. A1755.)—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3120, Legends No. 133, 195, 220f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2148.1 | Creation of chameleon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1940 | Creation of charidriiformes. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 18 No. 101 (waterbird). |
| A1988 | Creation of chicken. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1960 | Creation of ciconiiformes. |
| A2061 | Creation of cockroach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2020 | Creation of coleoptera. |
| A1950 | Creation of coraciiformes. |
| A1877 | Creation of cow. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751).—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 120 No. 77; Masai: Werner African 149. |
| A1834 | Creation of coyote and other canidae. |
| A1834.1 | Creation of coyote. |
| A2171.2 | Creation of crab. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1992 | Creation of crane. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2063 | Creation of cricket. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2146 | Creation of crocodile. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1919 | Creation of crow (raven). Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
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